Design of CMU Common Lisp

Abstract

This report documents internal details of the CMU Common Lisp compiler and run-time system. CMU Common Lisp is a public domain implementation of Common Lisp that runs on various Unix workstations. This document is a work in progress: neither the contents nor the presentation are completed. Nevertheless, it provides some useful background information, in particular regarding the CMUCL compiler.

System Architecture
- 1 Package and File Structure
  - 1.1 Source Tree Structure
  - 1.2 Package structure
- 2 System Building
Compiler Organization
Compiler Retargeting
Run-Time System
Appendix A
Glossary

Design of CMU Common Lisp

Design of CMU Common Lisp

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